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Audit finds out‑of‑state access to Camarillo license‑plate images for one month; sheriff vows daily audits and vendor review
Summary
An internal audit found that license‑plate reader images stored by Camarillo and Ventura County were searchable by out‑of‑state agencies from Feb. 19–Mar. 19, 2025. Commander/Chief Tennyson said Flock Safety accepted responsibility and implemented technical safeguards; councilmembers and residents pressed for vendor review, transparency and public input.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and Camarillo police presented an audit report March 11 showing that images from the city’s 25 leased automated license‑plate readers (ALPRs) were searchable by agencies outside California from Feb. 19 to Mar. 19, 2025.
Commander/Chief Tennyson said the department requested a proactive audit and discovered the exposure. "Images captured by our license plate readers were available for search by out‑of‑state law enforcement agencies for one month in the spring of 2025," he told the council. Tennyson said the agency had proactively disabled nationwide lookup in June 2023 but an exposure still occurred; Flock…
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